Gonçalo Amaral confirms he will appeal the damages decision to higher Court.

[pegasus]

Thanks Misty for that article. Note the contrast between its honest straight reporting, and the outright distortion of the same story enforced on the UK public in the NOTW by the childish insertion of insult words.

[misty]

http://www.publico.pt/portugal/jornal/comissao-politica-do-psd-chumba-candidatura-do-exinspector-goncalo-amaral-a-camara-de-olhao-293242

Comissão política do PSD chumba candidatura do ex-inspector Gonçalo Amaral à Câmara de Olhão

  Sofia Rodrigues   
   28/01/2009 - 00:00
 



The National Political Committee of the PSD decided yesterday to veto the name of Gonçalo Amaral, former Inspector of Judicial Police, candidate for the City of Olhão.
PSD confirms that the organ so that the president's party, Manuela Ferreira Leite, had said in an interview with RTP - which spoke out against the name of the former inspector, as a person who until recently was linked to justice. "Politicians can not create the impression that there is a promiscuity between politics and justice," explained Ferreira Leite two weeks ago.
Former inspector, retired from PJ since June 2008, was the choice of the district council of the PSD / Algarve to list head in Olhão (city of residence) and approved by the district.
The coordinator municipal committee decided to veto, however, the name of Gonçalo Amaral and submitted this proposal to the national policy committee, which accepted it. This decision will mean that the choice of another candidate process is triggered.
The leader of PSD-Algarve and member of Parliament, Mendes Bota, has vehemently defended the former inspector who led the initial phase of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann investigations.
Macarius to Faro
Last Saturday, Mendes Bota was the presentation of Amaral's book, Maddie, the Truth Lies in Loulé, next to the author.
Asked at the time about whether there would be another alternate candidate, if the proposal were sinker by national political committee, Mendes Bota said only that the book of Gonçalo Amaral was "made of facts" and that all that was in the book was "truth."
Also during the end-of-week, Faro district council PSD approved by "unanimous" and "acclaim" the application Correia to farense authority.
Correia, currently president of Tavira Chamber, said Lusa that "welcomed" the will of the militants of PSD-Faro where was candidate to Faro, but preferred to refer to "later" more comments. At the meeting of the district council, Macarius said he had "some ideas" to solve the "medium and long term" "financial problems of the Faro local authority".
Just yesterday, the president of Faro Council, José Apolinario (PS), accused "someone" local PSD of having used a confidential document of the Court (TC) to make "political attack".
"One of the PSD sector understood deliver the document to the media," accused Apollinaris, in a press statement on the report in the Morning Post, which indicated that the CT detected "irregularities of more than 530,000 euros in ten additional contracts in construction from Faro athletics track. " with Lusa

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They're all as corrupt as each other. The guy who was elected instead of Amaral, former Mayor of Tavira, Jose Macario Correia, has been up to his neck in planning irregularities during his tenures in Tavira & Faro & was suspended from office.

[misty]

Thanks Misty for that article. Note the contrast between its honest straight reporting, and the outright distortion enforced on the UK public in the NOTW of the same story by childish insertion of insult words

You're welcome.

I'm a big fan of distorted reporting on the Sun's sports' pages, Pegasus.  %£&)**#

[pegasus]

For an honest straight account of which persons reportedly met with a top PSD person in Lisbon in mid-Jan 2009, I refer you to none other than the greatest man of integrity in this whole case.

[pegasus]

You're welcome.

I'm a big fan of distorted reporting on the Sun's sports' pages, Pegasus.  %£&)**#

What did you think of the big official review of european football? 

[misty]

What did you think of the big official review of european football?

Which day's paper was that in, please? Haven't read yesterday/today's yet.

[pegasus]

@misty. Not important, it was years ago, portugese headed, blair and brown involved.
Back to the libel appeal - an amazing £27415 even with complete silence from major UK newspapers and TV.
The silence is so great I think maybe even the masterspinner couldn't have fixed that, silence for a whole week, and maybe something much bigger is happening silently behind scenes?

[misty]

For an honest straight account of which persons reportedly met with a top PSD person in Lisbon in mid-Jan 2009, I refer you to none other than the greatest man of integrity in this whole case.

I am equally sure that if there was any political influence exerted on the PSD official, it would have been leaked into the Portuguese press by an unnamed source.
Did Amaral believe he was so much of a threat to the McCanns & the UK that they would have to halt him in his political tracks AND his own proud fellow countrymen would allow that to happen?

[pegasus]

I am equally sure that if there was any political influence exerted on the PSD official, it would have been leaked into the Portuguese press by an unnamed source.
Did Amaral believe he was so much of a threat to the McCanns & the UK that they would have to halt him in his political tracks AND his own proud fellow countrymen would allow that to happen?

The fact is, something happened in Jan 2009, which somehow caused an unusual action by a major political party.
The trip to Lisbon mid-Jan 2009 is probably unconnected, BTW have you seen the video?

[misty]

@misty. Not important, it was years ago, portugese headed, blair and brown involved.
Back to the libel appeal - an amazing £27415 even with complete silence from major UK newspapers and TV.
The silence is so great I think maybe even the masterspinner couldn't have fixed that, silence for a whole week, and maybe something much bigger is happening silently behind scenes?

I can't answer that on this forum, Pegasus. Suffice to say, a lot of googling has made me of the opinion that all is not as it seems.
But yes, the silence is deafening, especially by Portuguese standards.

[pegasus]

I am thinking by UK standards Misty. Confucius say detective no talk means busy. Never underestimate a woman.

[Alfred R Jones]

I am thinking by UK standards Misty. Confucius say detective no talk means busy. Never underestimate a woman.

Is this just another way of saying "tick-tock, softly, softly catchee monkey" by any chance?

[Carana]

Well either the McCanns are funding it themselves, or have negotiated contingency fees with their lawyers.  In my opinion this is the most likely.

It can't be an exclusively contingency arrangement, apparently:

An arrangement whereby the lawyer’s fees exclusively depend on the outcome of the dispute is forbidden by the Portuguese Bar Association Code (Cf. Article 101).
http://www.chambersandpartners.com/guide/practice-guides/location/241/6617/1422-200

[G-Unit]

That is a very good question though. How will the McCanns fund their legal representation in Portugal now if the only justification for using the fund, the damage to the search for Madeleine, has been dismissed by the judge ?

I don't think the fund directors  will be ruled by what the judge said. If they agree to fund the costs they can. As the fund accounts are so lacking in detail we would never know anyway.

[Brietta]

http://www.publico.pt/portugal/jornal/comissao-politica-do-psd-chumba-candidatura-do-exinspector-goncalo-amaral-a-camara-de-olhao-293242

Comissão política do PSD chumba candidatura do ex-inspector Gonçalo Amaral à Câmara de Olhão

  Sofia Rodrigues   
   28/01/2009 - 00:00
 



The National Political Committee of the PSD decided yesterday to veto the name of Gonçalo Amaral, former Inspector of Judicial Police, candidate for the City of Olhão.
PSD confirms that the organ so that the president's party, Manuela Ferreira Leite, had said in an interview with RTP - which spoke out against the name of the former inspector, as a person who until recently was linked to justice. "Politicians can not create the impression that there is a promiscuity between politics and justice," explained Ferreira Leite two weeks ago.
Former inspector, retired from PJ since June 2008, was the choice of the district council of the PSD / Algarve to list head in Olhão (city of residence) and approved by the district.
The coordinator municipal committee decided to veto, however, the name of Gonçalo Amaral and submitted this proposal to the national policy committee, which accepted it. This decision will mean that the choice of another candidate process is triggered.
The leader of PSD-Algarve and member of Parliament, Mendes Bota, has vehemently defended the former inspector who led the initial phase of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann investigations.
Macarius to Faro
Last Saturday, Mendes Bota was the presentation of Amaral's book, Maddie, the Truth Lies in Loulé, next to the author.
Asked at the time about whether there would be another alternate candidate, if the proposal were sinker by national political committee, Mendes Bota said only that the book of Gonçalo Amaral was "made of facts" and that all that was in the book was "truth."
Also during the end-of-week, Faro district council PSD approved by "unanimous" and "acclaim" the application Correia to farense authority.
Correia, currently president of Tavira Chamber, said Lusa that "welcomed" the will of the militants of PSD-Faro where was candidate to Faro, but preferred to refer to "later" more comments. At the meeting of the district council, Macarius said he had "some ideas" to solve the "medium and long term" "financial problems of the Faro local authority".
Just yesterday, the president of Faro Council, José Apolinario (PS), accused "someone" local PSD of having used a confidential document of the Court (TC) to make "political attack".
"One of the PSD sector understood deliver the document to the media," accused Apollinaris, in a press statement on the report in the Morning Post, which indicated that the CT detected "irregularities of more than 530,000 euros in ten additional contracts in construction from Faro athletics track. " with Lusa

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They're all as corrupt as each other. The guy who was elected instead of Amaral, former Mayor of Tavira, Jose Macario Correia, has been up to his neck in planning irregularities during his tenures in Tavira & Faro & was suspended from office.

We don't even see the tip of the iceberg over here ... but it has all been rumbling about  beneath the surface for many years before the McCann family set foot on Portuguese soil.